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On a more serious note, I use headphones to simulate what different audiences would listen to a track. I have a pair of HD 280 for the higher end consumer, and a pair of TMA-1 headphones which are designed for DJing.
If the mix translates on my monitors well, and both my headphones, I take it to my laptop, my ipod headphones and in each stage I A/B with professional sounding mixes and give it a go.
My mixing is not flawless, but I certainly get a better mix from listening on different sources than a single source.
Any headphones will always give a certain result of a mix. Some people like to get a specific headphone to mix with because it translates into a mix that compensates for a headphone's deficiencies. Now even if you get a theoretically perfectly flat pair of cans, it will probably not translate into great mixes.
My advice, go to the local headphone store with some of the best professionally mixed music that you enjoy, and try it on different headphones where you feel gives you the most accurate feel for what the music really is, take it home, and mix your tracks to sound like what you hear.
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) • Apogee Duet • Access Virus Snow • Roland JP-8000 and Juno-G • Novation Ultranova • Mackie 802-VLZ3 Mixer • Yamaha HS-80 •
